Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 6·May–December 1950

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XII May–Dec. 1950George H. McFadden

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 76 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 6 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XII May–Dec. 1950), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 6, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 76 of 100

2349 S. Building, room 5, S. side, facing west. at 2.00 m west of east wall of room scale 1:25

Drawing: section diagram; labels: ashlar

work, wall, dug before war, 1 (2), tel latest noted Diary p 2376, 1 (6), Diary p2418, earth, 2.12mp floor, chavara, tel F1493, wall mainly ashlar work, stylo bate, wall]

floor cut to lay stone against S wall

2349-1 sherds red wares - some probably Roman

Right page

DIARY 2350 Room 5 Removed room 5 S.W. corner S.W. corner 0-2.00 n. of S. wall 00-1.75 00-1.75 e. of w. wall, 2355-2 (for w.of S. wall strati see 2303-1). loose e. of w. wall reddish brown soil, except in 2355-2 n.w. corner of trench where it was rather white, not many stones, rough ones averaging fist size, none larger than bucket - white soil lower than reddish brown soil. 6 tile frags only and 1/10 bucket of sherds. Am stacking sherds on early wall against w. wall. No other finds.

7 December50

ROOM 3 E SIDE Removed room 3, e. side, 1.70-5.15 1.70-5.15 n. of s. wall N OF S WALL 2297-5 loose reddish soil - 2297-5 perhaps more brown than red, many rough stones, largest about fist, averaging less than 1/2 fist size; about 1/3 bucket tiles which I am stacking on east wall at 3.70 n. of s. wall; about 1 bucket sherds; placed pipe frag. with sherds; some nondescript corroded bronze frags thrown out. No other [margin left: now on e wall of corridor 2]

Margin left: Pipe

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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